28.12.2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 332/1 I (Acts whose publication is obligatory) DECISION No 2850/2000/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 20 December 2000 setting up a Community framework for cooperation in the field of accidental or deliberate marine pollution THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2), Following consultation with the Committee of the Regions, Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (3), and in the light of the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on 11 October 2000, Whereas: (1) The actions taken by the Community in the field of accidental marine pollution since 1978 have made it possible progressively to develop cooperation ...